I’ve had a really busy day, and haven’t had time to put a comic together. Luckily, Ian was kind enough to send me a guest comic a whiles back, and so here it is!  Comic by me on Friday.  Thanks, Ian!

I did a guest comic for Carter and Paul of The Crooked Gremlins.  Apparently one of them was without power or internet or just lazy or something.  Their comic outside of this guest comic is of a high quality and worthy of your time as well, so be prepared to spend a little time on that site.  Link.

We’ll be posting submissions sent in for the Jimmy the Murderdog fan art contest through the end of this week, focusing on the ones that were formatted in comics here in the main space.  We’ll also be posting them all together at the end of this week, so you guys can see the whole set of how awesome everyone is that sent things in.  To those of you who are new to the comic and looking for bathroom signs, I invite you to check out comics in the archive.

Today’s is an entry is actually TWO entries!  First up, in the comic area above, is comics from Systemic Doctor Taco (whom, as I understand, has no website to call his own).  He put together a few, one is posted above.  The rest will be posted this weekend, along with all the other entries.

The second of which is actually a video, courtesy of Systemics Christina and Kevin.  They put together a few of these, so I’ll be posting the rest in a segment I’m calling Murderdog Fridays for the next couple of weeks.  For now, here’s the first one.

UPDATE: I had to take it down due to bandwidth. I’ll be posting it on YouTube and it’ll be back up soon.

If you want more of these, let me know, and I’ll pass word onto Christina and Kevin.  Maybe they’ll oblige you and me.

We’ll be posting submissions sent in for the Jimmy the Murderdog fan art contest through the end of this week, focusing on the ones that were formatted in comics here in the main space.  We’ll also be posting them all together at the end of this week, so you guys can see the whole set of how awesome everyone is that sent things in.  To those of you who are new to the comic and looking for bathroom signs, I invite you to check out comics in the archive.

Today’s comes from Steve “Less than Three” Baird, whom I had the pleasure of hanging out with at Otakon and Connecticon this year.  His comic is funny, and he is improving in leaps and bounds from the guy I once met at Otakon handing out drawings of “hand turkeys” and bartering for whatever he could get.  Well done, sir.

We’ll be posting submissions sent in for the Jimmy the Murderdog fan art contest through the end of this week, focusing on the ones that were formatted in comics here in the main space.  We’ll also be posting them all together at the end of this week, so you guys can see the whole set of how awesome everyone is that sent things in.  To those of you who are new to the comic and looking for bathroom signs, I invite you to check out comics in the archive.

Today’s comes from Bryan Prindiville, one of the hardest working webcomickers in the business.  A unique style you can always recognize, Bryan has worked on so many projects I’ve often lost track. Most recently, he has gotten away from his cute dog-drawing roots and into a little project with Darren “Eh Yo Dern” Gendron known as Hello with Cheese.  A great nonsensical comic that as of this week has made the jump from 1 to 5 days a week updates.  If you’re looking for a place to start, check out this Bob Ross one.  Classy.

We’ll be posting submissions sent in for the Jimmy the Murderdog fan art contest through the end of this week, focusing on the ones that were formatted in comics here in the main space.  We’ll also be posting them all together at the end of this week, so you guys can see the whole set of how awesome everyone is that sent things in.  To those of you who are new to the comic and looking for bathroom signs, I invite you to check out comics in the archive.

Consider this the first of many amazing reinterpretations of quite possibly the simplest character on the internet.  Simple both in visuals (a dog with guns and knives) and in charcter (he’ll get you).  First up is Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi.  He is probably best known on the Internets for his work as part of Erfworld* but also is doing a ton of projects that can be found through his website.

*There’s a link to an early page, with me drawn in as a character. I even have my own wiki page.

Check out the blog feed info below for recap on Connecticon in the next couple of days, and stay tuned for more JTMD fan art!

July 8th, 2008.  I write the first ever System comic*.  In the weeks that followed, I began writing two comics a day, all in hopes of having a 30-comic archive by the time I went to Connecticon, in order to proudly have a comic after a year of having no reason to refer to myself as a webcomic artist.

*Don’t get snarky with me, I back dated the first couple posts so I could move things along faster.  As such, I’m calling today the “anniversary”.

We’ve come a long way since then.  Thanks to some humble links from friends made along the way, support of family and friends, and of course the excessive free time of you Systemics, The System has grown into part of both your life and mine.  I’ve done a lot of thanks for all your help throughout the site, but I will do it once more because it couldn’t be a what it is without you coming back.  As my way of saying thank you, we’re having a new contest on the site.

Jimmy the Murderdog Fan Art Contest

Grown out of a hair-brained idea written in a room with high temperatures and no ventilation, Jimmy the Murderdog has become a sort of mascot for The System.  Here’s your chance to show your love for the murderdog that shows only murderous tendencies to others.

1. Draw your interpretation of Jimmy the Murderdog.  It can be a sketch, a refined drawing, or even an all-out comic.  It can be impressionist, a realistic interpretation, or made out of stained glass.  Really, just go nuts with it.
2. Email it in to: systemcomic at gmail, subject: HE’LL GET YOU.  You have until Midnight (the end of) Sunday, August 2nd.
3. The winner (chosen by me based on however I’m feeling) will receive a Jimmy the Murderdog T-Shirt, a Jimmy the Murderdog 13″ x 19″ poster, and a The System pin set! And, of course, all other Systemics will know that you, as winner, reign supreme.

Want some ideas to get your creative juices flowing?  Luckily for you, I’ve received to “star entries” from some fellow internet peeps.

This first one is by Charles Snow of Sordid City Blues.

Our friend Noah over at Skull A Day has gone a little more elaborate outside the box, with this amazing photograph.  Hey, I never said you had to draw it.  Click the image to see it bigger, btw.

Hopefully this opens your brains to some possibilities.  Remember, comic, drawing, or anything else you come up with to interpret Jimmy the Murderdog.  Email me with questions.  So get to work, Systemics!

The dudes over at Geek Dumb were nice enough to put together this guest comic, which I am posting today as my prep time after Super Art Fight (which is tonight next Thursday  July 16th at The Ottobar!).  Thanks, guys!

Today’s guest comic was created by Carter Fort and Paul Lucci of The Crooked Gremlins.  Carter got in contact with me a few months ago with this, but I was waiting until the right time to use it.  Guest comics are like turbo boost.  You have to wait until the last possible second before you hit it.

Btw, you may have noticed their advertising on the site lately. He commented on the site a few months ago, and I followed the link to his site and have been reading ever since.  TCG has been running for a little under a year, but they’ve got their act pretty well together over there.  My favorite is this one.  Check it.

Comics written by Rosscott will return tomorrow.

After the last string of guest comics, I didn’t think Phil Kahn would be nice enough to submit again.  Luckily, he was, and here it is.  Phil has had many projects through the years, and his current is Sketchies, a comic about kids in college learning how to draw comics.  And it, itself is a comic.  Here’s a link to it.